Zhang Bin

Zhang Bin

Zhang Bin? He was born in Nanhe County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. During the period of Sixteen States, he was the founder and statesman of Zhao Dynasty and the son of Zhang Yao, the prefect of Zhongshan.

He has a broad knowledge of classics and history, and is ambitious. He took refuge in shile and fought with him in all directions. After the establishment of Zhao, he took the post of law enforcement, formulated the national system, and specialized in the affairs of the court. He was honest, modest, prudent, meritorious, courteous and respected by the government and the public.

In the first year of Yongchang (322), he died of illness. He was given the title of "King".

Life of the characters

Early experience

Zhang Bin's father, Zhang Yao, is the prefect of Zhongshan. As a child, Zhang Bin was eager to learn and read a lot of classics and history. When I was young, I was ambitious and said to my brother, "I think my intelligence is as good as Zhang Liang, but I didn't meet Han Gaozu." Later, he served as the commander of Zhongqiu King's tent. He was not successful and was exempted from official duties due to illness.

Go to shile

After the Yongjia rebellion, the Central Plains was in chaos. At that time, shile was a general under Liu Yuan, the leader of Zhao state in Han Dynasty. Zhang Bin knew people with keen eyes and said to his relatives, "I have seen many generals. Only general Hu (Note: shile is Hu, so Zhang Bin called him General Hu) can accomplish great things with him." Later, he went to Shiller's account to be a counselor. At first, he could not be reused. In the fourth year of Yongjia (310), shile entered the Jianghan Plain and planned to defend it for a long time. Zhang Bin didn't agree and hoped that shilebei would return it. Shiller did not accept Zhang Bin's opinion. As a result, the shile army was short of food and was attacked by the Jin army led by Wang Dao, resulting in heavy losses. Shile had to take Zhang Bin's suggestion and return it to the north. In the first month of the fifth year of Yongjia (311), shile led his army northward to cross mianshui, captured Xincai and attacked Xuchang, which dealt a great blow to the Jin army. After that, shile listened to Zhang Bin and Zhang Bin became the number one counselor.

Remove Wang mi

At that time, shile hoped to expand his power, facing the challenge of Wang MI, another general of Zhao state in Han Dynasty. After shile captured Gou Xi, the governor of Yongzhou in Jin Dynasty, Wang Mi wrote to shile, saying, "it's amazing that the Duke of Ming captured Gou Xi but pardoned him! Let Gou Xi and I play around Minggong, the world is not worried about Shile sees that Wang Mi's intention is to paralyze himself and asks Zhang Bin for his strategy. Zhang Bin advised shile to eradicate Wang Mi quickly. He could lure him first and then destroy him. Shiller accepted his suggestion. Wang Mi's army and Liu Rui's army of Jin were at loggerheads, and the situation was critical. At that time, shile was attacking Chenwu, but he had not yet captured it. Wang Mi asked shile for reinforcements, but shile didn't want to agree. Zhang Bin said: "the Duke of Ming always worried that he would not have a chance to calculate Wang MI. Today is a chance to hand him over to us. What's the threat to Chen Wu? Wang MI is a great man, and he will certainly be our bane Following Zhang Bin's advice, shile personally led the army to support, defeated the Jin army and killed Liu Rui. Wang MI was very happy and thought that shile was a reliable ally and no longer doubted him. later, shile invited Wang Mi to the banquet. Wang Mi went to the banquet rashly, regardless of his subordinates' dissuasion. During the banquet, shile ambushed Wang MI and merged his troops. Liu Cong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was killed for treason. Although Liu Cong was angry, he had no choice but to appoint him as the general of Zhendong, the governor of the two prefectures, and the governor of the prefectures. Shiller's strength has been increasing since then.

Give advice in the face of danger

In February 312, the 6th year of Yongjia, shile army prepared to attack Jianye in the south. Sima Rui, who guarded Jianye, gathered forces from the south of the Yangtze River in Shouchun, and sent General Ji Zhan, a powerful general, to defend shile. At that time, it rained heavily in the Jianghuai area, and the Han army suffered heavy casualties due to hunger and disease, so the military situation was very urgent. Shile called his subordinates to discuss the countermeasures. Shi diaoying, the right commander, insisted that after the surrender, the Jin army would withdraw to the South and wait for the opportunity to move. Shile certainly refused. Kui'an, Kong Chang, Zhixiong and others all put forward suggestions to shile, but shile was not satisfied. Finally, Shi Le asked Zhang Bin, "what do you think we should do?" Zhang Bin said: "the general captured the imperial capital, imprisoned the son of heaven, killed the princes, married the concubines, promoted the general's hair is not enough to count the general's crime, how can he return to the prime minister! After Wang MI was killed last year, it is not suitable to build here. It's raining for hundreds of miles, which shows that the general should not stay. Ye has three platforms (namely tongquetai, jinhutai and bingjingtai), Pingyang in the West and sisaishanhe in the West. It has the potential of throat Jin and should be moved to the north. He Shuo has been established, and there is no one on the right side of the general. He was afraid of the general's attack. Now when he heard of the Huijun army, he would be more happy than the enemy, not to mention the surprise attack. As the goods and materials run from the North Road, the army moves towards Shouchun. After the goods and materials pass, the army returns slowly. Why are you afraid to advance and retreat without land? " Zhang Bin's plan seems simple, but in fact it is very important to shile army's strategic decision. Zhang Bin first refuted the possibility of surrender, pointing out that shile was the main culprit of the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty, and surrender would never be forgiven. Secondly, Zhang Bin pointed out that the development of shile should focus on North China, especially Yecheng, an important town. In addition, Zhang Bin believed that the Jin army only wanted to protect itself and would not pursue, so it could retreat safely. Shile accepted Zhang Bin's plan, led the army back to the north, and focused on the management of the north. From then on, shile, a former guerrilla fighter, began to have a stable base area and began to develop steadily. Later, Shiller reproached Diao Ying, who advocated surrender, and demoted him to general. He transferred Zhang Bin to youchangshi, general of jiazhonglei, and called him "Youhou".

Defeat Wang Jun

After the expansion of shile's strength, he faced another strong enemy, Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou in Jin Dynasty. Wang Jun sent a total of 50000 people from Duan's Xianbei army, Duan pidui, Duan Wenyang and Duan Mulun, to attack the base of Xiang state in shile. Duan's army was very strong, and Shiller fell into a passive position. Shiller's proposal to break through the encirclement by force was rejected by his subordinates. All Shiller's subordinates advocated sticking to the enemy. But shile asked Zhang Bin for a plan. Zhang Bin didn't agree to stick to the enemy. Zhang Bin pointed out that when the enemy sees that our army is not going to fight, they will surely be slack. The enemy's combat effectiveness mainly depends on Duan muliu. If you dig more than 20 secret gates and attack Duan muliu while the enemy is attacking the city, you will not be afraid of the rest of the enemy. Shile acted according to the plan. As a result, Duan muliu was captured. The morale of the enemy troops collapsed. Shile's army was defeated like a mountain. Shile's army won a great victory. Shile returned Duan's final billet and allied with Duan. Since then, Wang Jun's power has been declining. At that time, Wang Jun was very proud and extravagant. Shile wanted to swallow him, so he asked Zhang Bin for his strategy. Zhang Bin pointed out: on the surface, Wang Jun was a general of Jin Dynasty. In fact, he had the heart of usurping rebellion and hoped to get the support of shile. It's better to surrender to him first, let him lose his guard, and then take the opportunity to attack. Shile accepted Zhang Bin's stratagem and offered a big gift to Wang Jun to show his support for his becoming emperor. In the second year of Yongjia (314), shile planned to take action, so he first hid his elite troops, and then pretended that he would go to Youzhou in mid March to persuade Wang Jun to become emperor. As a result, Wang Jun is more proud and no longer on guard against shile. In February, shile began his plan to attack Youzhou. When the army arrived at Biren County, they were afraid that Liu Kun, Xianbei and Wuhuan would attack each other and would not enter. Zhang Bin said: "surprise should be taken when attacking enemy countries. The army has not taken action these days. Is it afraid of the threat from the three sides? " Shiller said, "yes, but what should I do?" Zhang Bin said: "Wang Jun's occupation of Youzhou only depended on three departments. Now they have betrayed and become enemies. He has no foreign aid to resist US. Youzhou famine, people can only be vegetarian, mutiny, troops are very weak, this is there is no strong soldiers to defend us. If our army is outside the city, the enemy will surely fall apart. Now, although there are threats from the three sides, the general can still attack Youzhou from thousands of miles. It won't take more than 20 days to go back and forth with light cavalry. Even if the three parties have action, we can come back soon. It's time to strike now without delay. Moreover, although Liu Kun and Wang Jun were all generals of Jin Dynasty, they were actually enemies. If you write to Liu Kun and send hostages, please contact him. Liu Kun must be very happy to get our support, happy to see the demise of Wang Jun, and certainly will not rescue Wang Jun to attack us. " Shiller said: "I can't end it. Youhou has already done it for me. What else can I doubt?" So shile sent messengers to send letters to Liu Kun. Liu Kun not only did not help Wang Jun, but also gave shile the convenience to March. In March, when the shile army arrived at Yishui, Wang Jun was still on no alert. After shile arrived at Jicheng, thousands of pioneers entered the city, blocked the streets and declared to offer gifts, so that Youzhou soldiers could not fight. Immediately, shile led the crowd into the city, killed more than 10000 Youzhou soldiers, captured Youzhou governor Wang Jun and beheaded him. In this war, shile captured Youzhou at a very low price, and Zhang Binggong was indispensable. Since then, Shiller has been unstoppable.

notable exploits

In the second year of Taixing (319), when Zhang Bin and Shi Hu saw that the time was ripe, they asked Shi Le to be officially emperor. In November, shile accepted the proposal, ascended the throne and established the post Zhao Dynasty. Zhang Chaobin was in charge of law enforcement. Shile called him Youhou and never called him by his name, which shows shile's deep credit to Zhang Bin. In the first year of Yongchang (322), Zhang Bin died. Shile gave Zhang Bin the title of "Jing" after his death as a Sanqi Changshi, youguanglu doctor and Yitong Sansi. When he was buried, Shiller said to the left and right in tears, "is it God who won't let me succeed? Why should you Hou leave me so soon? " After Zhang Bin's death, shile disagreed with other counsellors, such as Xu Guang and Cheng Ya. Shile sighed, "it's cruel for you hou to leave me and let me conspire with these people for great things."

Main achievements

Zhang Bin, as the chief counselor of shile, made great contributions to shile's hegemony by offering advice to help shile defeat Wang MI, manage Hebei and defeat Wang Jun.

Character evaluation

Shile: If heaven's desire doesn't make me evil, how can it take away my right Marquis! Fang Xuanling:

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